{"title":"Exploring entry pathways towards nurse practitioner program admissions: a rapid review.","authors":"Clara J Lownie, Amanda M Vaccarello, Erin Kennedy","doi":"10.1515/ijnes-2024-0016","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This rapid review provides an overview of the current landscape of, and the criteria used for admission into nurse practitioner programs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A series of application and admission criteria were collected from nurse practitioner programs in Canada, the United States of America (USA) and Australia. Key descriptive statistics and indicators were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most programs in the USA and Canada required a minimum grade point average (GPA) between 3.00 and 3.24, while Australian programs did not identify minimum GPA requirements. Contrastingly, Australian programs required the highest minimum clinical practice hours. Many North American programs required writing samples, while Australian programs did not.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite role similarity, nurse practitioner admission criteria differ substantially between Canada, the USA and Australia, hindering standardization and integration of the role globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":35294,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2024-0016","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objectives: This rapid review provides an overview of the current landscape of, and the criteria used for admission into nurse practitioner programs.
Methods: A series of application and admission criteria were collected from nurse practitioner programs in Canada, the United States of America (USA) and Australia. Key descriptive statistics and indicators were analyzed.
Results: Most programs in the USA and Canada required a minimum grade point average (GPA) between 3.00 and 3.24, while Australian programs did not identify minimum GPA requirements. Contrastingly, Australian programs required the highest minimum clinical practice hours. Many North American programs required writing samples, while Australian programs did not.
Conclusions: Despite role similarity, nurse practitioner admission criteria differ substantially between Canada, the USA and Australia, hindering standardization and integration of the role globally.
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The International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship publishes significant research and scholarship in the broad field of nursing education. The mandate of the journal is to present high quality papers to advance nursing education through research, description of innovative methods, or introduction of novel approaches about all aspects of nursing education in a timely manner. The specific aims of IJNES are to: - Promote worldwide scholarship in nursing education - Enhance and advance nursing education globally - Provide a forum for the dissemination of international perspectives and scholarship in nursing education
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